Just as a reminder, our browser-independent jukebox combines the ActiveX control and the plugin versions of Windows Media Player. Internet Explorer uses the embedded ActiveX control while Netscape Navigator takes advantage of the plugin. Each version supports a set of properties, methods, and event handlers. The large commonality between these two sets enable you to control the plugin almost as much as you can control the ActiveX control. Go ahead and play with the
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In Column 53 we showed you how to refer to or how to set properties from both the ActiveX control and the plugin. In this column we'll present a detailed description of Part II of the Windows Media Control properties. We'll single out those properties that are supported on one and not the other.